Define American

How do YOU define American?

By Jose Antonio Vargas

Never underestimate the power of a story.

This past summer, I wrote an essay detailing my life as an undocumented immigrant. In telling a very personal and specific story -- my journey of being sent from the Philippines to America in search of a better life, graduating from public schools and landing jobs at news organizations

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What role do teachers play in the immigration debate?

What is a teacher, or a guidance counselor, or a principal suppose to do once she/he finds out that a student is undocumented?

Those were the questions that Rich Fischer and PJ Hyland wrestled with 12 years ago, when they found about my undocumented status while I was a student at Mountain View High School. Those are the still the questions that educators

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Sometimes it feels like our elected officials are doing a whole lot of the talking and none of the listening. We started Define American as a campaign to change that, and we recently received proof that your efforts are working. 

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Most voters I spoke to didn't have all the facts

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